We all have the one or two special flies in our arsenal of flies that we have faith in to be the best at catching fish, It may be a Crackle Back, Wooly Bugger, Scud, Bead Head Midge, or a Marabou Jig. What ever it is you have the faith and that's 85% of why it works for you. Most anglers don't think about how their fly was made, they just walk into the fly shop and buy it ready made. The fly tyers among us know the ego boost of catching a fish on our own hand tied fly unique to us. Just something about building a fly and presenting it to a fish and WHAM they like it. Other anglers ask what you are catching all your fish on and you show them, then they ask where do I buy them, You answer "You can't buy them anywhere I tied it."
Being in the fly shop I talk to anglers about every day that come in asking if I have a fly of which I have never heard of. I ask where they have seen it and they answer " Some guy on the stream was just killing the fish with it and he told me it was A Dingle Berry Dropper." I ask what it looked like and I hear all kinds of answers, but the fact that the man saw another angler catch one fish after another on that fly has sold it to that man.
After a few more questions and looking through all 200+ assorted flies I have and nothing is matching I know that was a home made hand tied invention of a fly tyer that fishes the Current River or other trout waters in MO, or AR. That angler has at some time seen an insect or something that the fish were feeding on and has made his own concoction of feathers and tread to represent it, and it worked.
Flies at most shops cost from $.95 to $2.35 each, and we go through them like crazy. Either to loosing them off weak knots, fish taking them apart, or a wild back cast. What ever the cause money is left hanging on a fish or limb up and down the river. The fact is you can actually set down on a cold snowy day and produce the $2.35 fly for only a few pinnies
Yes their is some start up cost involved, and patents to be tied, but in the long run you have picked up a skill and hobby that will bring you hours of enjoyment both at home and on the water. Let us look at the start up cost.
- Vice From $15.00 to $400.00 Later is farm from what you need at first.
- Tread $.89 to $3.00
- Hackle. $20.00 for 100 flies.
- Feathers CDC $2.00
- Chenille $1.69
- Hooks 25 count $4.89 to $6.00
- Head Cement. $3.29
- Dubbing $1.99
- Bobbin $2.39
- Deer Hair Patch $2.35
- Scissors $0. borrow the wife's.
Put about $25.00 with that and your ready to start a hobby. and will have about $150.00 worth of flies of you own. as with any hobby it will grow & grow. depending on what species of fish your tying for. From Blue Gill to Tarpon. I have a lady customer that came in in August just starting to get into tying and teaching her grand children. She spent $35.00 first trip in and last week she returned whit a huge smile and a hand full of blue Gill jigs they had tied. She bought $259.00 in supplies for the winter. She actually stated that her grand children was spending more time tying and less time texting on the phone.
The main excuse I hear from folks is " I don't have the parents for it." or "I could never do that." I hear that from guy's who will set in a tree stand for hour on hour waiting on a deer to cross their path. And they don't have patents? There are hours of veido on YouTube about how to tie flies and recipes of flies. Aslo if you are a fly fisherman You don't have to look far to find a friend that will be more than glad to show off his skills to you. Or many fly shops have people who will give you a great start down the road to that new hobby, Drop by our shop and I will be glad to help you!
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